ARBOR’s SPREADSHEET SERVER NOW SUPPORTS 1-2-3 2 AND 3

Santa Clara, California-based Arbor Software Corp has come out with two new client versions for its eSSbase Enhanced Spreadsheet Data Server – client versions for character-mode Lotus Development Coro 1-2-3 2.X and 1-2-3 for Windows: they will ship next quarter. The eSSbase multidimensional data server for spreadsheet work groups was shipped four months ago and […]

Santa Clara, California-based Arbor Software Corp has come out with two new client versions for its eSSbase Enhanced Spreadsheet Data Server – client versions for character-mode Lotus Development Coro 1-2-3 2.X and 1-2-3 for Windows: they will ship next quarter. The eSSbase multidimensional data server for spreadsheet work groups was shipped four months ago and Arbor now plans release of a Microsoft Corp Excel 4.0 client version immediately following the Lotus client packages; eSSbase currently supports only Excel 3.0. The product is a back-end data server designed to handle large volumes of multidimensional data for simultaneous access in client-server spreadsheet work group environments. Clients can be standard personal computers running MS-DOS or Windows; the Server runs on a standard 80386 or 80486 machine running OS/2 1.3 or 2.0. The idea of the thing is to enable spreadsheet work groups using multiple spreadsheets to access the same data concurrently so as to eliminate inconsistent results that arise from parallel work taking place on different base data sets.

Productivity

ESSbase can also consolidate data from multiple spreadsheet sources and production relational database systems, Arbor says, noting that this should increase user productivity by making the data available as a dynamic resource, instantaneously accessible through their familiar personal spreadsheets. It is designed to maintain a dynamic multidimensional structure that facilitates spreadsheet-like ad hoc explorations on high-level summary views of the stored data, while simultaneously providing immediate access to the underlying detail data and is conceived to exploit the power of 32-bit microprocessors and the multitasking facilities for servers available under the new generation of desktop operating systems. Entry-level pricing for the eSSbase Spreadsheet Data Server is $21,950 and includes a server for five simultaneous log-ins plus 10 copies of the client software. Versions of the server for 10 simultaneous log-ins and unlimited simultaneous log-ins are also available, as well as multiple individual copies of the client software.